The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has declared a holiday for all government, municipal and private schools and colleges in Mumbai on Tuesday after the India Meteorological Department issued an orange alert for heavy rainfall and gusty winds.

The civic body said the closure was a precautionary measure to ensure the safety of students and urged citizens to avoid stepping out unless necessary.

Schools and colleges in the neighbouring Thane and Raigad districts, as well as in the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation area, will also be closed on Tuesday in view of the heavy rainfall.

The order issued by the Thane district authorities said that continuous heavy rainfall in the past three days had increased the risk of waterlogging in low-lying areas, fallen trees and disruption to traffic.

Nashik alert

Meanwhile, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis warned of nearly 300 mm rainfall in parts of the Nashik region because of “cloudburst-like” conditions, the Deccan Herald reported.

“Nashik and Trimbakeshwar have been identified as a high-alert zone for tomorrow,” he said on Monday. “We are asking people to be alert. The district administration has already begun preparations considering the possibility of a major cloudburst situation.”

Disruption in Mumbai-Pune region

The warnings came after several days of heavy rainfall disrupted transport in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region and surrounding areas.

A landslide on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway’s “Missing Link” disrupted traffic on Monday. On Monday night, the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation said that the debris had been cleared and the traffic had resumed.

Rail services were also affected on Monday. Trains between Mumbai and Pune were suspended because of heavy rainfall and landslides in the ghat section.

As of 4.30 am on Tuesday, 41 mail express trains had been cancelled because of the landslides, the Central Railway said. Fifty-nine trains had been diverted.

Local trains on Mumbai’s Western Line and Central Line operated with a delay on Monday. On Tuesday too, all local trains on the Western Line were running 10 to 15 minutes late.

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